Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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